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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. move with or as if with a rushing sound;
- Example: "The cars hurtled by"

2. make a thrusting forward movement;
[syn: lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust]

3. throw forcefully;
[syn: hurl, hurtle, cast]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hurtle \Hur"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hurtled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hurtling.] [OE. hurtlen, freq. of hurten. See Hurt, v. t., and cf. Hurl.] 1. To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle. [1913 Webster] Together hurtled both their steeds. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster] 2. To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish. [1913 Webster] Now hurtling round, advantage for to take. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Down the hurtling cataract of the ages. --R. L. Stevenson. [1913 Webster] 3. To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound. [1913 Webster] The noise of battle hurtled in the air. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The earthquake sound Hurtling 'death the solid ground. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hurtle \Hur"tle\, v. t. 1. To move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl; to brandish. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] His harmful club he gan to hurtle high. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To push; to jostle; to hurl. [1913 Webster] And he hurtleth with his horse adown. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hurtle v 1: move with or as if with a rushing sound; "The cars hurtled by" 2: make a thrusting forward movement [syn: lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust] 3: throw forcefully [syn: hurl, hurtle, cast]